At their Tuesday, February 26th, meeting, the Mill Creek City Council decided the required public hearing on The Farm of Mill Creek’s development agreement would be held at 6:00 pm on Tuesday evening, March 26th.

The new Mill Creek Senior Center will be opening in the Vintage at Mill Creek in May. An estimated $25,000 will be needed to buy new furnishings and additional funds are necessary for ongoing senior programs.

It looks like the City of Mill Creek isn’t getting everything it wanted at the new Vintage at Mill Creek senior apartment community in East Gateway Urban Village, but the new Mill Creek Senior Center will have more space and amenities than it has now.

Officials from the City of Mill Creek, Vintage Housing, Northshore Senior Center, FPI Management, Inland Group, and other organizations gathered to commemorate the groundbreaking of Mill Creek’s latest housing project in East Gateway Urban Village on Wednesday, August 31st.

A number of Mill Creek city councilmembers expressed displeasure with the city’s current East Gateway Urban Village land use policies.

They were supposed to discuss East Gateway Urban Village land use and perhaps impose a development moratorium at their regular July 12th meeting. Instead they decided to postpone everything until their next meeting on July 26th.

This is an update of my original 2012 “East Gateway Urban Village frequently asked questions” article. It provides some history and current information regarding Mill Creek’s East Gateway Urban Village.

Hearing Examiner Pro Tem Emily Terrell approved the Vintage of Mill Creek binding site plan on Wednesday, April 27th. This major milestone allows the developer to apply for site preparation permits and to submit plans to Mill Creek’s Design Review Board for final review.

After a Tuesday, December 22nd, public hearing where no one from the public showed up to provide comments; the Mill Creek City Council voted unanimously to extend the East Gateway Urban Village development application moratorium until the end of March.